The Sedalia weekly bazoo. [volume] (Sedalia, Mo.) 187?-1904, 1887-03-01
BURIED In THE SNOW.
An Exciting Time in a New Hamp.
shire Family.

Hal and his sister Minty lived away
up in New Hampshire, where there are
such great, high momtsins-some with
bare, glittering peaks, that Look, at "a
distance, like ragged clouds against the
sky, and some with clusters of trees.
like green caps, on their heads. 1t was
pretty place enough, though. | dare
say. YOU would have found ii rather
lonely. for there was but one house TO
be seen from their cottage windows.
and that was ever so far away. on the
top of steep hill. 1t was all of three
miles TO the nearest store. and il WASH
very much of a store when YOU got
there-nothing in it but groceries, and
cotton cloth, and calico. and boots and
shoes which We're not made after the
daintiest fashion. There was never IA
toy on any of the shelves, and only IA
few striped sticks of peppermint and
checkerberry candy, and a jar full of
great sugar gOOseberries. too hard to he
broken by any thing short of hammer
and too large TO 90 in any but giant ;
mouth. You may be sure the pennies
are not easily coaXed out of the farm
ers' pockets 10 exchange for any thing
that is not absolutely necessary; so the
stock of sweets doesn have to be re-
plenished very often.
Hal and Minty thought that il was
the incest store i'm the world. however.
The variety of bright. rainbow calico
was "A wonder and delight to their eyes:
and, as for the dry. striped candy. il
was ambrosia to their greedy little
palates. and they made themselves look
like pictures in the comic almanac, by
stufling out their little, plump. red
apple cheeks with the gooSeberries.
For Hal was "a real little farmer. and
earned money for himself: and Minty
had more business on her hands than
any little woman ever saw, and had
more pennies than You could count in
her savings-bank; and never one that
she did not earn herself with her wee.
brown hands. She was all the maid
her mother had; and busy little maid
she was, and had her weekly wages.
like any small servant You should
have seen what nice, little houSe-wifely
WAYS she had. All the country people
for miles around were piping her
praises. and her father and mother
We're as proud of her as proud could be.
It was very nice, bright winter
weather. and the sleighing was splendid
on the stage-road. when Grandma Gar
land. who lived fifteen miles away, over
in Ossipee, sent word for the children's
father and mother to come and make
her a visit. as she was not well.
Its fortunate that | baked so many
pies and so much cake Yesterday, said
Mrs. Garland. to her husband. I'VE
can leave the children, l think. just as
well as not. to-day.
Yes said he, land think we had
better 90 now. as soon aS we can get
ready. This fine weather may not last
long"
Are you going to STAY all night?"
asked Minty, who was huIIying to put
up nice pat of butter, which she had
made herself and stamped with but
terfiy, to send To grandma.
I've can't tell how that will be, :"
said they. IF grandma is really i'll,
wemay. You and Hal won't he afraid
to stay alone, will youa"
They were both indignant at the bare
idea. Hadn't they stayed alone two
nights when they were ever so much
smaller than they were now. and never
once thought of being afraid? What
was there to be afraid of, they would
like TO know?
And so, after giving them various
charges, the parents left them without
the slightest uneasiness; for Minty
could take care of the milk as well as
her mother, and Hal could take care of
the cattle as well as his father: and rs
for robbers, or any thing of that kind,
there was never one known in. that
region. And the two small house
keepers were as careful of fire. and had
as wise lookout for the affairs of the
q. household, as any older ones that could
besfound.
What fun it is to keep house all by
ourselves, isn't it. Hal?' said Minty,
stepping about in such an important
way.
i-et'Yes," said Hal, from the depths Of
the great rocking-chair, where he was
reading the paper with the very air o.